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Copa Holdings load factor hits 87.9% in September

Passenger traffic rose 17.1% as capacity expanded by 15.7% across the network.

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Copa Holdings reported its preliminary passenger traffic statistics for September 2026 on October 8, 2026. The airline operator registered an increase in demand that outpaced its capacity expansion for the month.

System-wide passenger traffic, measured in revenue passenger miles, increased by 17.1% compared to September 2025. At the same time, available seat miles, which track overall capacity, expanded by 15.7% year over year.

Because demand grew faster than capacity, Copa Holdings achieved a system load factor of 87.9% in September 2026. That utilization rate represented a gain of 1.1 percentage points relative to September 2025.

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